Numerous Black Flame Giants charged forward towards the Astra Militarum with all their might, and their huge size gives a great, overpowering feeling. For Supernatural creatures, the larger the size, the better. The bigger it was, the stronger the physique and the greater the strength.
And for the Astra Militarum, especially for the pilots, the bigger the target, the better. That way, the missile will be easier to aim. According to the Imperium's current level of scientific research, the accuracy of the missile tech here was better than on Earth. It is almost able to achieve 100% accuracy.
Machine guns were still firing, and their purpose was to slow down the enemy and wait until the missiles were fired.
The army of Giants let out an earth-shattering roar, which resounded through the entire field and made many people jump in surprise. After this roar, the speed of the Giants had increased.
"That's... Secret Method?!" Seeing this, Prokopy and the others were shocked and said, "The Giants can use the secret method!"
A secret method was something like a booster, but only very few races could master it. For strength, it was extremely helpful.
"Hess, Hess..." The audience was chanting.
"Black Flame Giants, charge through and crush these puny ants." Hess was commanding loudly.
The Black Flame Giants gained more momentum as they approached the Astra Militarum. At this time, in the sky, the fighters were ready to attack.
"Bomb them to kingdom come!" Lando ordered in a cold voice.
Under the pilot's operation, underneath the fighter, the AGM-62 Walleye missile appeared. After emitting a slight noise, they broke from the plane and flew towards the Giant on the ground. Each fired one missile, totaling 50 AGM-62 Walleye.
The Giant on the ground also noticed these long, oval-shaped objects in the sky.
"Hm?" Hess frowned slightly. How come these objects are almost twice as big as the previous ones?
"Be prepared to defend," He ordered.
After the Black Flame Giants learned a lesson just now, they knew to move all the flame to the front. The more intense the flame, the easier it could dissolve the attack. In this situation, the HEIAP power was greatly reduced; it could be said that it was almost useless.
"This thing is twice as big as it was before, so it is estimated to be twice as powerful, but my Giant's flame is now equally doubled." He thought secretly, and he didn't panic at all.
What he didn't expect was that, while the AGM-62 Walleye was bigger compared to the AGM-12 Bullpup, it was several times more powerful, especially when the AGM-62 Walleye was fitted with a specially designed armor-piercing device. Under the high speed of the missile, the target would be penetrated first, before it detonated.
There were thousands of giants, so even at the cost of a few hundred, it was irrelevant. This was Hess's idea. The giant also cared little but was still ready to resist hard against the weapon from the sky.
WHOOSH-WHOOSH-WHOOSH-WHOOSH!
A thunderous volley erupts as thirty missiles roar off their launchers in perfect unison, streaking through the sky like a deadly swarm of fireflies.
ZIIIIIIIING! ZIIIIING! ZIIIIIIIING!
Each missile screams with fiery tails, carving blazing trails against the blue. The air vibrates with a relentless, mechanical roar—FSSSSHHH-FSSSSHHH-FSSSSHHH!—a chorus of rocket motors burning hot and fast.
The aim was near the center, which was the location where it was easiest to cause much damage.
Seeing the missile coming, a giant immediately moved to the side, trying to dodge. But the missile had already arrived and hit it. Almost at the same time, a few other missiles also found their respective targets.
Explosions bloom in rapid succession: KRAK-BOOM! KRAK-BOOM! KRAK-BOOM!
Shards of smoke and flame erupt as the missiles tear into their targets. The sky fills with ringing echoes, a violent symphony of destruction cascading across the horizon.
At the center of that explosion, the Giants were torn apart, causing their entire limb to fly everywhere. The ensuing shock waves also swept in all directions, causing the surrounding giants to meet the same fate.
When the smoke cleared, there were large craters on the ground and the Black Flame Giant's broken body. 3 missiles took away the lives of over 50 Giants and caused an even greater number of injuries.
Originally, it was very boisterous watching the battle. Suddenly, it became silent as everyone was dumbfounded. Before, it couldn't kill even one, but now it took out over 50 at once. But that wasn't the end, in the sky, other AGM-62 Walleye missiles were still flying in quickly.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Hess ordered in haste.
The Black Inferno Giants followed by quickly scattered in all directions. But it was still too slow. The remaining missiles had already arrived, and each detonated on its respective target.
Explosions bloom in rapid succession: KRAK-BOOM! KRAK-BOOM! KRAK-BOOM!
Countless explosive sounds rang out one after another. Under this fearsome power, even if the army had been scattered, there were still heavy casualties. Huge smoke filled the air, while there were craters and broken limbs inside and outside of it. Tens of thousands of Black Flame Giants, in this series of explosions, more than a thousand fell, while the remaining shock waves affected the rest. With only this wave of strikes, the powerful army of Giants was about to collapse.
The same as their human counterpart, they also had the emotion of fear, fear. When the death rate exceeds a certain point, it is very easy to crumple.
"All missiles hit, initial estimate of targets eliminated, over a thousand, with more not yet confirmed." The pilot was doing a post-battle report.
"They are quite powerful," Lando said. If they used it on any other species, it would be enough to eliminate them all. But against the Black Flame Giant, it has just this much effect.
"They are one of the most powerful teams in this group, of course, it's not that easy," Coleman said.
When the observer saw the damage in this bombardment, they stared in disbelief. They could not believe this situation. The Flame Giant, who was also charging, stopped in their tracks and did not dare to charge forward again.
"Retreat! Withdraw! Hurry up and withdraw..." Murray shouted in horror, while his heart was beating violently, fearing that his units would also suffer the same fate.
Hess was horrified. He planned to have a few hundred casualties to break the Astra Militarum's position in one fell swoop. However, the AGM-62 Walleye took away many of his units and caused many to be seriously wounded. This casualty rate left him with almost no fight left. If it were a one-on-one battle, he could surrender. But this was an important competition; once you admit defeat, you would be eliminated. To know, there were still more than 30 teams left. Although there was the loser's bracket, it would be hellishly hard; even he won't win it easily.
To the people watching the battle, they also realized this. Immediately afterwards, they also felt it a little ridiculous. Hess, the highest-ranked and most powerful person in this group, was eliminated? Not to mention the top three, he is not even in the top 30.
"Crap!" After seeing the power of the AGM-62 Walleye, Clifford and Otwin both jumped up. They were astounded and delighted.
In the other area, Prokopy's group was even more astonished.
"This..." A teacher said with wide eyes, "Isn't the pilot stronger than before?"
A school leader nodded and said, "The weapon that the pilot shot is bigger than the one before."
At the exchange tournament, in the final round, the weapon launched was about some meters in length. But after so many years of development, missile tech research was at its peak, and the size was also greatly reduced.
"Damn kid, he keeps me on my toes." Prokopy breathed a long sigh of relief.
When Sebastian was being targeted by Hess and the others, there was a high probability that he would be eliminated, but Prokopy still had a glimmer of hope.
"Hahaha." The vice principal laughed and said, "This time, this Hess might be the one who gets eliminated!"
"Not much more to say, but good job," The teacher laughed.
"He is safe!" Clifford's group shouted.
The audience from Hope's Peak Academy that had been silent was also experiencing something like never before at this moment.
"Sebastian! Sebastian..." Everyone was shouting as hard as they could, and their faces were full of excitement.
Many of the surrounding spectators also followed and shouted Sebastian's name. This was the kind of comeback battle that the audience liked to see the most, especially when they were surrounded by high-ranked players like Hess.
"No way, he couldn't even beat this freshman!?" Many people were dismayed, as it was hard to accept this result.
"Not only couldn't he beat him, but now he's going to be eliminated." Some couldn't help but shake their heads as this situation was obvious now.
Many people also noticed that underneath the fighter, they were carrying many more. If all of it falls, they estimated that the casualty would be more than a thousand.
Hess also saw this, and his hands were shaking slightly. He could not believe that he was in such a situation. His unit had used all its tricks, but against this weapon, there was no way out.
"Friend." Hess's voice sounded in Sebastian's ears.
"Are you... Hess?" Sebastian had studied the people in the group in advance, so he recognized Hess.
"Right, I'm Hess." Hess squeezed out a kind tone and said, "I was mistaken just now, but I'm not targeting you either; it's just a strategy from a few of us."
"Oh." Sebastian was noncommittal.
"You're very powerful, friend." Hess continued, "Why don't we join forces, you and I, and Murray, the three of us. With our strength, no one here is a match. We can join hands together and qualify easily!"
"It's unnecessary." Sebastian didn't bother to consider it and said, "It's safer for me to eliminate you first."
"You..." At that, Hess was furious, took a deep breath, and said, "Think again, there's no grudge between us. Joining hands together is the most favorable choice."
"That's in your best interest. I don't need to join forces with others." Sebastian said and stopped paying attention to Hess.
"Bastard!" Hess couldn't help but slam his fist on the table, but then he thought of something. He shouted, "Murray."
"Hess, are you okay?" Murray asked.
"That guy refused to join forces with me," Hess said hatefully.
"It can't be helped. I didn't expect this freshman would be so strong." Murray lamented.
"Murray, help me," Hess said.
"Haiya, what do you want me to do?" Murray startled and said, "I can't stop this kind of weapon. You find someone else."
"No, no." Hess immediately explained, "I'm not asking you to combine our efforts and deal with this Sebastian again, but help me talk to Sebastian to shift his target to someone else."
"Okay, I'll try." Murray was helpless. They were old friends for many years.
"Sebastian, I am Murray." Murray started talking to Sebastian.
"What can I do for you?" Sebastian asked. He knew that Murray was the one who had built the Flame Giant.
"Hess... It wasn't intentional just now, you don't have to..."
"Humph!" Sebastian interrupted Murray and said in a cold voice, "If I weren't as strong as now, they would have eliminated me from the tournament by now."
"That's how it is on the competition field. We didn't know your strength before." Murray said.
"You also know that power speaks." Sebastian said in a slightly cold voice: "If that's the case, then let Hess go, and you don't need to beg; otherwise, you will be eliminated together!"
"Damn it." Seeing that Sebastian also rejected him, Murray also hammered the table with hatred. But he knew that if Sebastian wanted to deal with him, it would only be a matter of a few dozen of those weapons.
"Hess, there's no way out, just admit defeat," Murray said helplessly to Hess.
"Son of a B*tch!" Hess gritted his teeth in anger, but there was nothing to do.
Even if there were still many units left now, there was no chance of winning if he continued to fight. It would be a one-sided slaughter. To better preserve his strength in the loser's group, Hess could only press the quit button.
With Hess's exit, the entire audience let out a shocking exclamation. This group's strongest strength was eliminated just like that?!
"Sebastian! Sebastian ..." The supporters from Hope's Peak Academy sounded even more enthusiastic.
"Retreat," Laura reacted. While commanding her unit to stay away from the Astra Militarum, she reminded the other.
The other players, who had besieged the Astra Militarum, were making their respective units run as fast as they could and stay out of the way. The Astra Militarum didn't follow them, as there was no need to waste missiles. The other Supernatural teams also didn't dare to confront them.
"Kill!" Murray commanded the army of giants to fight in the other direction.
The originally calm field was once again in a mess. Everyone knew that at this moment, a qualifying spot for this group had been occupied by Sebastian, so the others had to compete for only the other two slots to enter the next round.